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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-25

Voices, The Peoples News

January 25, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Oil prospecting and man-made noise is freaking out narwhals: Their heart rate drops and their breathing changes as they try to escape the noise. One activity expected to cause disturbance to narwhals (and pretty much every other creature in the Arctic) is drilling for fossil fuels. If we do decide to drill for fossil fuels in the Arctic, it could be catastrophic to the animals living there, but even before that happens, narwhals may have a great deal to suffer.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/oil-prospecting-and-man-made-noise-is-freaking-out-narwhals/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Surge in illegal immigration from Cuba, Haiti to Florida continues: Florida joins 19 states to challenge Biden’s new immigration program. In recent weeks, hundreds of migrants fleeing Cuba and Haiti have made the dangerous 100-mile journey by boat to the Florida Keys.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/24/florida-states-challenge-biden-immigration-program-00079314

20 states sue Biden administration over ‘illegal visa system’: Twenty states led by Texas sued the Biden administration Tuesday over another immigration policy they argue is illegal. Last month, the administration said the U.S. will let up to 360,000 people per year enter the country from four countries, if they apply from their home countries, pass a background check and prove they have a financial supporter in the U.S. If they’re approved, they can stay in the country for up to two years and get a work permit. Once in the country, they would be able to request asylum.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/24/texas-paxton-biden-lawsuit-immigration-asylum-parole/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Even bivalent updated COVID-19 boosters struggle to prevent omicron subvariant transmission, an immunologist discusses why new approaches are necessary. The new bivalent boosters against COVID-19 have failed to halt omicron infections. However, new technologies are being developed that pave a way forward.
https://theconversation.com/even-bivalent-updated-covid-19-boosters-struggle-to-prevent-omicron-subvariant-transmission-an-immunologist-discusses-why-new-approaches-are-necessary-197878

Wuhan Collaborator EcoHealth Alliance Gets Fresh $3 Million Grant From DoD: Six weeks ago the Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $3 million grant to EcoHealth Alliance, the New York-based nonprofit which was used to funnel millions of US taxpayer dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/wuhan-collaborator-ecohealth-alliance-gets-fresh-3-million-grant-dod

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Republicans’ plans to slash Social Security and Medicare are becoming clearer: ‘We have no choice but to make hard decisions’: House Republicans have alluded to cuts they want to make to the federal budget for months. They’re becoming more explicit about those cuts involving Medicare and Social Security funds. They’ve indicated that they’re willing to leverage raising the debt ceiling to secure cuts. Not raising the ceiling could spell financial disaster. Republicans have proposed converting Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies to block grants, which would cut spending by $3.6 trillion over 10 years.
https://www.businessinsider.com/house-republicans-social-security-and-medicare-medicaid-mccarthy-biden-debt-2023-1

House Republicans prep for civil war over cuts to Social Security and Medicare: ‘The numbers can’t work’ without them: House Republicans are divided over cuts to Medicare and Social Security, setting up what could be a fierce internal clash over the future of the nation’s top safety net programs when Congress delves into budget fights later in the year.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3809592-gop-divisions-over-social-security-medicare-cuts-forecast-tough-fights-ahead/

A Pitched Battle on Corporate Power: Biden’s expansive executive order seeks to restore competition in the economy. It’s been a long, slow road to get the whole government on board, but there are some formidable gains.
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-01-25-pitched-battle-corporate-power/

# Education / Schools
Students Will Sue DeSantis Over AP African American Studies: Ron DeSantis has made no secret of his predictable disdain for so-called critical race theory. But actual kids are taking him to court.
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1151376707/advanced-placement-african-american-studies-desantis-crump-lawsuit

# Employment / Labor
Ford Firing Thousands Of Employees and here’s the memo explaining the change. The cuts primarily affect staff in the US, Canada, and India. Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Farley sent a memo on Monday informing staff of the layoffs, with affected workers being told later this week. About 2,000 salaried jobs and 1,000 agency (or contract w
https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/22/23316491/ford-layoffs-3000-workers-employeesorker) jobs will be affected.

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Puerto Rican Cities Sue Big Oil for Alleged Racketeering: A novel lawsuit might just obtain damages for decades of oil companies’ lying about climate change. A group of sixteen municipalities in Puerto Rico filed a first-of-its-kind class-action lawsuit in federal court against twelve oil companies, including some of the largest oil companies out there. The towns claim that the likes of ExxonMobil, Shell, and Chevron colluded to suppress evidence of climate change that has impacted the island
https://www.zmescience.com/science/puerto-rican-towns-take-big-oil-to-court-for-fraud-racketeering-and-damages/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
A Collapsed Cliff Has Revealed 313 Million-Year-Old Fossil Footprints in The Grand Canyon: These ancient tracks – left approximately 313 million years ago – represent the earliest footprints ever found. The fossil footprints in question were found on the side of a boulder that fell off a nearby cliff, exposing a stratigraphic cross section of the Manakacha Formation: a layer of ancient rock laid down approximately 315 million years ago.
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-animal-tracks-found-on-grand-canyon-boulder-fragment-are-oldest-of-their-kind

# Environment / Climate / Global
Iceberg Nearly the Size of London Breaks Away From Antarctica: An iceberg nearly the size of Greater London broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Sunday according to the British Antarctic Survey. Scientists first discovered significant cracks in the ice shelf a decade ago, but in the last two years there have been two major breaks.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2023/01/25/iceberg-breaks-off-antarctica/11119386002/

# Gov / Politics / US
Biden 2024 decision pits the party’s elites against most Democrats: Biden’s decision on whether to run again should be seen as much more than just a matter of personal prerogative. Denial at the top of the Democratic Party about Joe Biden’s shaky footing for a re-election run in 2024 became more untenable over the weekend.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/25/biden-2024-decision-pits-the-partys-elites-against-most-democrats/

# Law Enforcement
Police Chief Escorted Out by Feds After Wild Allegations: Shawn Denning faces multiple counts of federal drug charges. Greensburg police Chief Shawn Denning is facing federal drug charges, according to court documents.
According to Target 11 sources, Denning was escorted out of Greensburg City Hall Tuesday morning by DEA agents.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/greensburg-police-chief-escorted-out-of-city-hall-charged-after-wild-allegations

Cori Bush Calls for Investigation Into Police Killing of Activist Tortuguita: Activists have questioned law enforcement’s narrative about the killing of the Atlanta climate justice activist.
https://truthout.org/articles/cori-bush-calls-for-investigation-into-police-killing-of-activist-tortuguita/

# Legal / DOJ
California teams up with U.S. Justice Department to accuse Google of anti-trust violations: The coalition filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging that Google LLC is operating an unfair monopoly when it comes to advertising technology. The coalition filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The suit alleges that the company, “leverages control over the technologies through which web display ads are bought and sold, driving out competition and receiving profits that far exceed what could be sustained in a competitive market,” according to a press release from California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/california-teams-up-with-u-s-justice-department-to-accuse-google-of-anti-trust-violations/article_d1e8ebb4-9c2d-11ed-8d26-3f0fc45a4375.html

# Media
‘The Whale’ is a horror film that taps into our fear of fatness: In my research on fat characters in popular culture, I point out how the fat character usually must lose weight in order to gain acceptance or to be loved. This movie was not a melodrama, nor an uplifting tale about redemption; “The Whale” is a body horror film that exploits the fear and disgust people feel toward fatness. Film critic Robin Wood famously argued that “the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization represses and oppresses.”
https://theconversation.com/the-whale-is-a-horror-film-that-taps-into-our-fear-of-fatness-197859

# Medical / Health
South Dakota Threatens Felony Charges for Pharmacists Prescribing Abortion Pills: All six states that share a border with South Dakota also restrict abortion access in varying degrees.
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-sd-state-wire-south-dakota-medication-21146e96236c67244331a8cfe64e84d3

Report finds federal program spending $1 billion a year on ineligible members: Federal Employees Health Benefits program (FEHB) is riddled with ineligible ‘participants’ who are receiving benefits. GAO estimates that ‘the program may be spending up to $1 billion per year on payments for ineligible members.’ This is a flagrant waste of funds and may be driving up premium costs for eligible participants,” wrote Chairman Comer.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-presses-for-information-on-billions-lost-to-waste-fraud-and-abuse-in-federal-health-benefits-program/

People With HIV Are Still Being Criminalized in 25 States: In some states, consensual sex for people with HIV can end in a prison sentence or being registered as a sex offender. Robert Suttle’s life was upended. The 30-year-old had been working as an assistant law clerk at the Second Circuit Court of Appeal in Shreveport, Louisiana, when police arrested him in front of his colleagues. It didn’t matter that Suttle, who had learned about his HIV status several years earlier, had HIV, not AIDS. It didn’t matter that he had been receiving medical care since he first learned his diagnosis and that he said he had disclosed his status. No one asked about whether his viral load was undetectable, which would prevent HIV transmission. It did not matter that, by 2008, HIV and AIDS were no longer considered the death sentence that they had been during the 1980s.
https://truthout.org/articles/people-with-hiv-are-still-being-criminalized-in-25-states/

# Medical Science
67-year-old ALS patient sets record for ‘talking’ fast using brain implant: 62 words per minute. Brain interfaces could let paralyzed people speak at almost normal speeds.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/24/1067226/an-als-patient-set-a-record-for-communicating-via-a-brain-implant-62-words-per-minute/

CRISPR gene editing is in clinical trials to treat sickle cell disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS and some rare inherited diseases. Here’s what we can expect going forward
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/01/24/crispr-gene-editing-is-in-clinical-trials-to-treat-sickle-cell-disease-cancer-and-hiv-aids-and-some-rare-inherited-diseases-heres-what-we-can-expect-going-forward/

# Military / DOD
National Guard Wants to Expand Its Training Site to Twice the Size of Chicago: The proposed expansion would allow for increased use and testing of new technologies, particularly electronic warfare.
https://truthout.org/articles/national-guard-wants-to-expand-its-training-site-to-twice-the-size-of-chicago/

# Military / Global
Putin Lackeys Lose Their Minds Over Ukraine Getting Battle Tanks: Pro-Kremlin pundits bent themselves into knots (and broke their brains) trying to prove a global Nazi conspiracy.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-lackeys-lose-their-minds-over-ukraine-getting-battle-tanks

A RUSSIAN warship armed with hypersonic missiles has been simulating a massive strike as it sails to the US coast. The guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov has been closely monitored by NATO navies on its maiden voyage armed with 6,670mph Zircon weapons.
https://nybreaking.com/putins-navy-frigate-armed-with-hypersonic-missiles-sails-towards-us/

# Technology
“1984” Isn’t Just a Book, It’s the Last Time the EPA Looked at RF Safety
http://www.softpinkpanda.com/1984-isnt-just-a-book-its-the-last-time-the-epa-looked-at-rf-safety/

Twitter’s Collapse Is Bad News for Organizers – But Another Commons Is Possible: Though some things may be lost if Twitter fades, the real “magic” behind the platform was never the app, but the people.
https://truthout.org/articles/twitters-collapse-is-bad-news-for-organizers-but-another-commons-is-possible/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-24

Voices, The Peoples News

January 24, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
Native Americans Significantly Over represented In US Prisons: According to the Safety and Justice Challenge report, the over representation of Native American people in the U.S. prison system worsens in states where they comprise a greater percentage of the population. According to the report, Native American people are incarcerated 38 percent over the national average and are over represented in the prison populations of 19 states compared to other races and ethnicities.
https://thecrimereport.org/2023/01/23/report-native-americans-significantly-overrepresented-in-u-s-prisons/

# Bundy Rides Again
Ammon Bundy Takes Plea Deal in Hospital Trespass Case: The far-right activist blocked an ambulance bay during a 2022 protest. Former gubernatorial candidate will serve one year of unsupervised probation and must pay $1,157 in fees
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/01/23/ammon-bundy-pleads-guilty-to-trespassing-at-meridians-st-lukes-hospital/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Pfizer CEO Asked in Davos When He Knew COVID-19 Vax Wouldn’t ‘Stop the Spread’: “Mr. Bourla, can I ask you when did you know that the vaccines didn’t stop transmission? How long did you know that without saying it publicly? Why won’t you answer that question? I mean we now know that the vaccines didn’t stop transmission… but why did you keep it secret?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF4OUVAjZEA

The FDA may simplify COVID vaccines to a single annual shot for many people: The annual shots could be designed to match whatever variant of COVID is currently circulating, much in the same way a new flu vaccine is formulated every year. In a decision that could come this week, the FDA is looking to step away from the confusing array of COVID shots and boosters that are currently recommended and create an easier-to-understand schedule.
A vaccine advisory committee will discuss and presumably approve the new strategy on Thursday.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amandagardner/fda-covid-vaccines-more-like-flu-shot

How Deadly Were the Covid Lockdowns? Covid-19 is deadly, but so were the draconian steps taken to mitigate it. During the first two years of the pandemic, ‘excess deaths,’ the death toll above the historical trend, markedly exceeded the number of deaths attributed to Covid. In a paper we just published in Inquiry, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we found that ‘non-Covid excess deaths’ totaled nearly 100,000 a year in 2020 and 2021.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-deadly-were-the-covid-lockdowns-excess-deaths-alcohol-heart-disease-accidents-life-youth-11673440091?mod=hp_opin_pos_3#cxrecs_s

FDA vaccine advisers ‘disappointed’ and ‘angry’ that early data about new Covid-19 booster shot wasn’t presented for review last year: The data that was not presented to the experts looked at actual infections: who caught Covid-19 and who did not. It found that 1.9% of the study participants who received the original booster became infected. Among those who got the updated bivalent vaccine … a higher percentage, 3.2%, became infected.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/health/moderna-bivalent-transparency/index.html

This Deadly New Disease May Affect Thousands of Americans. VEXAS syndrome was only discovered in 2020. And it may affect way more people than we thought.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/newly-discovered-vexas-syndrome-may-affect-thousands-more-americans-than-thought

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
U.S. debt default could cost 6 million jobs: An economic jolt on par with Great Recession could be around the corner if the U.S. defaults on its debt, according to an analysis from Moody’s Analytics. Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, estimated that the U.S. would lose 6 million jobs, $12 trillion in household wealth and 4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) if Congress and the White House fail to raise the federal debt limit before the U.S. runs out of cash.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3827152-debt-default-would-cost-6-million-jobs-push-jobless-rate-to-7-percent-analysis/

CBO projects Social Security funds exhausted by 2033 without changes: Fresh projections from the Congressional Budget Office show the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund would be exhausted by 2033 if benefits are paid as scheduled
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/cbo-projects-social-security-funds-to-be-exhausted-by-2033-without-changes/article_2f37ceaa-9b3b-11ed-938e-3b6098ccdbb1.html

The US should break up monopolies, not punish working Americans for rising prices: Most of the gains from a more productive economy have been going to the top, to executives and investors. The richest 10% of Americans now own more than 90% of the value of shares of stock owned by Americans. The Fed is putting people out of work to reduce workers’ bargaining power and reduce inflation. They’ve got it all wrong
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/08/us-monopolies-inflation-unemployment-rising-prices-federal-reserve

Call for new taxes on super-rich after 1% pocket two-thirds of all new wealth: In its report, “Survival of the Richest,” published Monday, Oxfam says the world’s billionaires are becoming richer.
https://www.voanews.com/a/oxfam-world-s-richest-1-percent-grab-two-thirds-of-global-wealth/6920391.html

# Education / Schools
The family of a 20-year-old hazing victim will receive nearly $3 million from Bowling Green State University to settle a lawsuit. Stone Foltz died in 2021 after being told to drink a bottle of liquor while pledging to a fraternity at Bowling Green State University. Since the incident, Bowling Green State University hired a hazing prevention coordinator and put steps in place to make it easier for students to tell the school about hazing. A new state law was also passed in Ohio that created tougher criminal penalties for hazing.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annabetts/stone-foltz-family-settlement-bowling-green

Florida Teachers Hide Books Thanks to ‘Ridiculous’ New Law: Educators could be prosecuted for issuing unapproved books to students. Fearing prosecution under a new law on library books, a group of teachers in Florida are using construction paper to hide their classrooms’ libraries from students.
https://truthout.org/articles/florida-teachers-cover-books-in-classrooms-over-fear-of-anti-woke-laws/

Texas High School Basketball Game Erupts in Ugly Racism: Players of color were subjected to monkey calls and racial slurs, according to video footage and students at the game. Two Texas school districts have launched an investigation after a video surfaced on social media of high school parents and students displaying bigoted behavior,
including making monkey calls, to players of a basketball team.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/unacceptable-texas-high-school-basketball-221428659.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
What happens if the largest owner of oil and gas wells in the US goes bankrupt? Diversified Energy’s liabilities exceed its assets, according to a new report, sparking concerns about whether taxpayers will wind up paying to plug its 70,000 wells.
https://www.ehn.org/abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-2659296731.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
People are building artificial beaver dams in drought-stricken Montana: How Human-Made Beaver Dams Could Help With Habitat Restoration. University of Montana ecologists are researching human-made beaver dams as a potential habitat restoration tool. Early case studies show the dams could dull the impacts of climate change seen in rivers and streams. The U.S. Forest Service is looking to use the simple structures on new sites in the state, but first, officials want to better understand the science behind simulated rodent engineering.
https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2019-11-25/how-human-made-beaver-dams-could-help-with-habitat-restoration

The Democrats’ Green Investments Are Going to Republican States: The wind, solar, and battery facilities spurred by last year’s Democratic legislation are already springing up—in red America.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-01-24-democrats-green-investments-republican-states/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin’s Dear Neighbor Whips Out the Big Guns in New Threat: “We are forced to react harshly,” Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday after dusting off the Belarusian military’s armored vehicles.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-ally-belarus-pulls-out-armored-vehicles-in-latest-threat-to-ukraine

# Gov / Politics / US
Classified Docs Found in Mike Pence’s Home: The former vice president previously said he did not take any sensitive material from the White House and noted that he was “troubled” by reports that docs were found in Biden’s home and office. Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence ’s Indiana residence last week, his lawyer says, the latest in a string of recoveries of papers meant to be treated with utmost sensitivity from the homes of current and former top U.S. officials.
https://apnews.com/article/mike-pence-classified-documents-791bba57abaf50377f0938f0d293f36e

# Media
Live Nation vs. Everyone: Lawmakers, Industry Execs Slam Company at Senate Hearing: “Live ation/Ticketmaster is the 800-pound gorilla here,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said. “You have clear dominance, monopolistic contro.” Led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who helms antitrust investigations for the committee, senators grilled Live Nation’s chief financial officer, Joe Berchtold, about the company’s dominance in the ticketing business. Industry witnesses described a monopoly-like control over venues, artists and consumers.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/24/senate-committee-live-nation-ticketmaster-hearing.html

# Medical / Health
Study Finds 25 Percent of Hospitalizations Result in Health Care Related Injuries: Alongside the worsened outcomes, almost a quarter of patients who experienced harm required additional treatments estimated to drive “hundreds of millions of dollars” in additional Medicare costs as well as potentially patient costs, the Department of Health and Human Services,’ Office of Inspector General wrote.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/oig-25-medicare-hospital-patients-experienced-harm-pre-pandemic

# Military / DOD
Howard University becomes 1st historically Black university to lead a DOD research center: The school will lead a consortium of other HBCUs in the effort, which will focus mainly on tactical autonomy, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. In the military, tactical autonomy refers to autonomous support systems that aid human actions and decision-making to achieve tactical goals.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-01-23/howard-university-defense-department-research-8865125.html

Recent successes by Ukrainian fighters in the Bakhmut area have prompted Moscow to send in reinforcements, said a senior U.S. military official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-01-23/ukraine-russia-donas-war-tanks-8863876.html

# Military / Global
Russia’s ‘Elite’ Shadow Army Edges Into Complete Collapse: The private Russian fighting corps appear to be teetering on the brink of a dramatic meltdown. Tens of thousands of fighters rounded up to fight in Ukraine for Wagner Group, the Russian private mercenary fighting corps, have gone missing or died, according to a Russian non-governmental organization.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/russia-elite-shadow-army-edges-190304315.html

Amphibious warship constitutes a key piece of Taiwan’s defense against invasion: The Yushan, the largest ship in the Taiwanese navy, is the first of a planned fleet of four such vessels. New addition to Taiwan’s navy is part of a initiative by President Tsai Ing-wen to foster defence self-sufficiency.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/30/taiwan-adds-new-amphibious-warfare-ship-to-defence-inventory

Poland pushes for more tanks for Kyiv, will seek German OK: Poland’s prime minister is pushing Europe to send more military hardware to Kyiv amid complaints that Germany is being too slow in helping to thwart Russia’s invasion.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-poland-germany-business-661511122fce6c283bb5742a43922c4c

# Pharmas / Drugs
Big Pharma’s Influence in Shaping the U.S. Medical Model: The United States is the most medicated country in the world, with 70 percent of Americans using at least one prescription drug daily. The U.S. also has the highest rates of obesity, heart disease, childhood illness, and autoimmune disease, yet it often touts its health care and medical research as the best in the world.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/01/big-pharmas-influence-in-shaping-the-u-s-medical-model/

How Pharmaceuticals Mask Health and Social Inequity: Medications, like all interventions, shape the ways in which physicians see disease, provide care, define successful outcomes, and organize health care systems. Pharmaceuticals make symptoms and biological drug targets more visible while rendering individuals and their social suffering invisible, thereby focusing our profession on the intracellular effects of an unequal society.
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-pharmaceuticals-mask-health-and-social-inequity/2021-07

Epistemic Corruption, the Pharmaceutical Industry, and the Body of Medical Science: When a knowledge system importantly loses integrity, ceasing to provide the kinds of trusted knowledge expected of it, we label this epistemic corruption. Epistemic corruption occurs because the system has been co-opted for interests at odds with some of the central goals thought to lie behind it. There is abundant evidence that the involvement of pharmaceutical companies corrupts medical science.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frma.2021.614013/full

Capturing the Government, Big Pharma’s Take Over of Policymaking: Today, the Roosevelt Institute released the issue brief, “The Cost of Capture: How the Pharmaceutical Industry has Corrupted Policy Makers and Harmed Patients,” which outlines how the pharmaceutical industry has skewed policymaking through corporate capture, a form of corruption in which industry, in prioritizing profits over patients, exerts undue influence over policymakers at the expense of public interest.
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/2019/05/22/capturing-the-government-big-pharmas-take-over-of-policymaking/

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
UFO reports by US troops skyrocket to over 500: A new de-classified US government report on UFO sightings by US troops has revealed hundreds of new cases. The US National Intelligence office is now aware of 510 reported sightings, an increase over the 144 compiled in the spy agency’s first 2021 assessment. Nearly half of the new sightings were deemed “unremarkable” and attributed to human origins, according to the report. However, more than 100 of the encounters remain unexplained.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64252340

# Veterans / VA
SCOTUS’s first decision of the term is a unanimous blow to disabled veterans: Why did the liberals co-sign Justice Amy Barrett’s harsh opinion? After a delay, the Supreme Court issued its first opinion of the term on Monday: a unanimous decision in Arellano v. McDonough siding against disabled veterans who seek compensation for disabilities related to their service. Justice Barrett’s opinion for the court denied these veterans (and their survivors) the ability to obtain benefits retroactively if they filed a late claim, even if the delay occurred because of their disability, or some other factor beyond their control.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/01/supreme-court-barrett-ruling-disabled-veterans-compensation.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-23

Voices, The Peoples News

January 23, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Chemicals
Glyphosate yet again is linked to cancer in people exposed to its use: You might have never heard of glyphosate before, but you probably have some in your garage or basement. It’s the active ingredient in herbicides and weed killers, and now scientists in the US have found that people exposed to it have biomarkers (a naturally occurring molecule or gene found in body fluids or tissues) linked to the development of cancer and other diseases.
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/glyphosate-yet-again-is-linked-to-cancer-in-people-exposed-to-its-use/

# Chemicals / Drugs
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Federal agencies withholding data behind pilot heart condition change, COVID vax stroke reversal: Federal agencies are withholding the data behind recent decisions that relate or may relate to COVID-19 vaccines and severe adverse events, fueling speculation that they are putting both vaccinated and unvaccinated lives at risk.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/federal-agencies-hiding-data-behind-pilot-heart-condition-change-covid

‘Bombshell’ Emails Reveal Fauci Was Part of NIH and Who Conspiracy to Silence Wuhan Lab Leak Theory: Dr. Anthony Fauci, once considered America’s top Covid doctor, conspired with influential scientists around the world, including at the World Health Organization, to quell concerns that SARS-CoV-2 may have leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, newly un-redacted emails show. The newly released emails raise questions about Dr. Fauci’s motives in dispelling public scrutiny over the novel coronavirus had escaped from the Wuhan laboratory.
https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/bombshell-new-emails-reveal-dr-fauci-was-part-of-nih-and-who-conspiracy-to-silence-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-knab/

FDA assigned Pfizer’s COVID vaccine a license number months prior to actually licensing it: Back in July 2020, when the U.S. Government committed to purchasing millions of doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccines prior to the vaccines actually being authorized for use in the American public, some wondered whether the FDA’s “review” process for granting Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) was just a mere formality.
https://icandecide.org/press-release/fda-assigned-pfizers-covid-vaccine-a-license-number-months-prior-to-actually-licensing-it/

COVID Vaccines ‘Opened the Floodgates’ for New Wave of mRNA Vaccines for Livestock: Several new government- and industry-funded studies are underway to develop mRNA vaccines for livestock, part of the massive expansion of the animal vaccine industry projected to be worth 26.12 billion by 2030.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/mrna-vaccines-livestock-big-pharma/

# Education / Schools
Lax charter school laws: As charter schools continue to expand across Texas, many are receiving increased scrutiny over their splashy land buys and profits for their leaders. According to a new investigation by San Antonio Express-News, some charter school administrators own school facilities and collect millions from charging their schools rent.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/article/laws-Texas-charter-school-profits-DRAW-Horizon-17723803.php

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
A new report by two major environmental groups offers the Biden administration a road map for accelerating clean energy deployment and keeping emission reduction goals within reach
https://energynews.us/newsletter/a-new-road-map-for-100-clean-electricity-by-2035/

JPMorgan Chase Pledged Carbon Reduction. Weeks Later It Financed Coal Mining. A new report documents how investment capital continues to threaten the well-being of billions of people.
https://truthout.org/articles/jpmorgan-chase-pledged-carbon-reduction-weeks-later-it-financed-coal-mining/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
New emperor penguin colony discovered in Antarctica with satellite mapping: As a species, they live in areas so inhospitable they can be hard to find, and most will never be visited by humans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guyXberO8P0

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Insane in the membrane: Customs officials are seizing eggs [instead of fentanyl] at the U.S.-Mexico border: U.S. customs officials are cracking down on egg smugglers. With egg prices soaring in the U.S. over the last year, more Americans are crossing into Mexico to buy the food item and trying to sneak cartons of raw eggs along some areas of the southern border, including California and Texas.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egg-prices-mexico-border-us-customs/

# Gov / Politics / US
A 23-Yr-Old Mayor Used Trump’s 2020 Playbook—Only It Worked: “A small Kansas town is reeling after a baby-faced 23-year-old manipulated procedural technicalities to reinstall himself as mayor in one night, seemingly taking a page from the playbook used by former President Donald Trump after he was voted out of office. Only, this time, it worked.”
https://www.alternet.org/kansas-mayor-trump-like-coup/

Biden and Trump’s Families Both Cashed In on the Presidency: Joe Biden and Donald Trump aren’t two peas in a pod—but Biden’s failure to secure classified documents is another reminder that he and Trump have more in common than just their advanced ages. And the similarities don’t end there.
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-trump-families-both-cashed-094914068.html

Congress Should Investigate AARP: Why would an organization that claims to advocate for seniors support a bill that raided nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars from Medicare? The answer: Follow the money. AARP eagerly supported the measure, quite possibly because the organization prioritizes its own finances over the needs and interests of its members.
https://dcjournal.com/congress-should-investigate-aarp/

Biden Regime Announces Former COVID-Czar Jeff Zients, Who Pushed for Forced Vaccinations, as New Chief of Staff: As reported on Saturday, the “brains behind Biden,” Ron Klain, is expected to step down in the coming weeks. Klain is believed to be the force behind the Biden regime and their disastrous policies. Klain’s departure comes as a blow to the Biden regime as the economy turns sour and the investigations into the Biden family are expected to heat up in the coming weeks.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/biden-regime-announces-former-covid-czar-jeff-zients-new-chief-staff-grifter-pushed-forced-vaccinations/

Texas Sen. Lois Kolkhorst has filed a bill that would ban citizens, governments and entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing land in the state, part of what she and other Republicans have said will help stem foreign influence. Gov. Greg Abbott has signaled that he would sign the bill if it passed.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/20/texas-legislature-china-land-ownership/

Why Zients? President Joe Biden’s new chief of staff may have a different set of priorities than the last one, but the choice of this former private equity executive is a curious one. In the whirlwind span of a single weekend, rumors began to emerge that the president’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, would be leaving the White House. Hours later, Jeffrey Zients had been announced as his replacement.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/01/jeffrey-zients-biden-chief-of-staff-ron-klain.html

Prosecution of Assange Would Lead to End of the First Amendment, Advocates Warn: Prominent lawyers, journalists and human rights defenders say prosecuting Assange poses a grave threat to journalism.
https://truthout.org/articles/prosecution-of-assange-would-lead-to-end-of-the-first-amendment-advocates-warn/

# Law Enforcement
29-year-old Tyre Nichols died after being brutally beaten by police, his family said. Now five officers have been fired in connection with his death. The Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into Nichols’s death. “What they did to my brother, they might have well killed us all,” Nichols’s sister Kenyana Dixon said.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/tyre-nichols-death-officers-fired-memphis

# Legal / DOJ
What Power Does Amid Uncertainty: On this non-50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it’s not just the repeal of the right to abortion that makes the new order clear.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/01/roe-anniversary-politics-power-amidst-uncertainty.html

# LGBTQ / Gender
Transgender People in Rural America Struggle to Find Doctors Willing or Able to Provide Care
https://alturi.org/news_items/transgender-people-in-rural-america-struggle-to-find-doctors-willing-or-able-to-provide-care/

# Medical / Health
Abortion Debate Ramps Up in States as Congress Deadlocks: Anti-abortion advocates are pressing for expanded abortion bans and tighter restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion. But with the debate mostly deadlocked in Washington, the focus is shifting to states convening their first full legislative sessions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abortion-debate-state-legislaures/

Anti-Abortion Activists Rally in DC: This year’s gathering signals a turning point for a movement that has had a singular focus for decades. With Roe now defeated, that focus is fracturing into competing priorities as the practical implications of criminalizing abortion crystallize.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230123/Anti-abortion-activists-rally-in-DC-in-a-watershed-moment-for-their-movement.aspx

We Need to Build an Abortion Rights Movement That Demands More Than Roe: Abortion access can’t be left in the hands of the Democratic Party. We must wage this struggle in the streets too.
https://www.aclu.org/news/reproductive-freedom/what-comes-next-abortion-rights-supreme-court

# Other News
At least 10 people were killed and 10 others injured in a shooting near LA following Lunar New Year celebrations: Ten of the victims were pronounced deceased at the scene. They were described as five males and five females. Their identities have not been released. Of the injured, there were at least 10 additional victims who were transported to various hospitals and were listed in various conditions from stable to critical.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/authorities-respond-to-shooting-in-monterey-park/

Authorities identify 72-year-old man as suspected gunman in Lunar New Year mass shooting: Authorities have identified the man responsible for a deadly shooting inside a Monterey Park dance studio as Hemet resident Huu Can Tran, 72.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting

Promoters of Election Lies Also Hyped a Hospital for Ukraine. That Never Happened Either. True the Vote, a group that spread discredited election conspiracy theories, “abandoned” The Freedom Hospital in April 2022, according to its lawyers. Yet board member Gregg Phillips continued to seek donations for the project for months afterward.
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=134411

# Science
Study finds that UV-emitting nail polish dryers damage DNA and cause mutations in cells: The ultraviolet nail polish drying devices used to cure gel manicures may pose more of a public health concern than previously thought. Researchers at the University of California San Diego have studied these ultraviolet (UV) light emitting devices, and found that their use leads to cell death and cancer-causing mutations in human cells.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-that-uv-emitting-nail-polish-dryers-damage-human-dna-and-cause-mutations/

These suits used in Avatar are also being used for research on diseases impairing movement: Motion capture suits, like the ones used to create and bring characters to life in animation movies like Avatar, are also helping scientists track the onset and progression of diseases that impair movement. The system uses artificial intelligence to analyze body movement and can diagnose disorders twice as fast as the best doctors, the researchers found.
https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/these-suits-used-in-avatar-are-also-being-used-for-research-on-diseases-impairing-movement/

Earth’s inner core may be reversing its rotation: Such a turnaround might sound bizarre, but isn’t likely to have profound effects on life: Scientists have proposed that Earth’s solid inner core rotates faster than the rest of Earth. A new study suggests the core’s rotation has recently paused, and is reversing direction.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earth-inner-core-reverse-rotation

# Technology
Google’s stock climbed after it fired 12,000 employees, but what did they get out of it? The tech sector is laying off tens of thousands of workers, making it clear that economic growth is currently valued above all else.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/23/googles-stock-climbed-after-it-fired-12000-employees-but-what-did-they-get-out-of-it/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-22

Voices, The Peoples News

January 22, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Donald Trump, Ever the voice of caution, to GOP: Don’t touch Medicare or Social Security in debt ceiling fight. The ex-president has long viewed entitlement reform as a political loser. But his timing, now, is notable. One reason fiscal conservatives could support toothless commissions to take a gander at Social Security and Medicare is that their alternative plan, actually holding the global economy hostage in order to extract real cuts to seniors’ health care and income would be one of the dumbest political moves in history.
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/20/trump-medicare-social-security-debt-ceiling

Turning the Debt Ceiling Crisis Against McCarthy’s Republicans: Faced with a looming debt ceiling and the GOP’s efforts to force extreme spending cuts, President Biden has an unlikely tool in his arsenal: constitutional originalism.
https://prospect.org/politics/2023-01-17-debt-ceiling-mccarthy-republicans-biden/

How the Federal Reserve protects the top one percent: Foremost priority of the Federal Reserve is to protect the interests of the ultra-wealthy. In short, as a first approximation, the current Fed policy of rapidly raising interest rates to fight inflation by throwing people out of work serves as a wealth protection device for the top one percent.
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-01-19-inflation-federal-reserve-protects-one-percent/

How Nevada Picks Millions From California’s Pocket: It’s not just the Getty family. The ultra-wealthy are hiding at least 10 percent of the world’s private wealth, taking advantage of specially designed tax laws in states like Nevada.
https://prospect.org/power/2023-01-17-nevada-california-state-trust-law/

Lawmakers, fix trust law and close down the billionaire enabler states: Blame it on the enablers — the tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers — who provide financial services to the world’s wealthiest families. These professionals claim they are just helping their clients obey the law. But as our research has found, this industry is actively involved in lobbying for changes in trust law and manipulating it to serve the narrow financial interests of their billionaire clients.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3815151-lawmakers-fix-trust-law-and-close-down-the-billionaire-enabler-states/

‘It’s not inflation anymore, it’s price gouging’: Walmart shopper buys same exact groceries 2 years later—and spends 50% more. “In the beginning of 2022, there was a lot of talk about inflation at the grocery store, so I went back and purchased all the same things and they cost me about 10 percent more,” she said.
That was more than a year ago. “This week, I went back again and purchased those same items,” she said. “Now, they cost $15 and 10 cents, which is about 50 percent more than the prices at the end of 2020.”
https://www.the-sun.com/money/7159909/walmart-shopper-shows-price-gouging-since-2020/

# Education / Schools
As the Public Focuses on Book Bans, the Right Is Quietly Defunding Libraries: To protect libraries, we need to fight defunding as hard as we fight book bans.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-the-public-focuses-on-book-bans-the-right-is-quietly-defunding-libraries/

# Education / Schools / Global
Scottish Gender Threat: Kids as Young as 7 will be Asked they Identify as Transgender or Non-Binary: Critics of the survey have called it a blatant attempt to “indoctrinate” young children who do not know “if they want chicken nuggets or fish fingers for dinner.”
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/21/scottish-gender-threat-kids-as-young-as-7-will-be-asked-they-identify-as-transgender-or-non-binary/?mc_cid=650161bfd2&mc_eid=3f7488d454

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
A faked kidnapping and cocaine: A Montana mine’s descent into chaos: The Signal Peak Mine was embroiled in a web of criminal activity. Now, environmental groups want to shut it down. Mr. Price, a 42-year-old father of six, was an industrious businessman who ran surface operations at an underground mine, one of the nation’s largest, near Roundup, Mont. He also ran a motorcycle shop, Hawg Pit Cycles, that traded used Harley-Davidsons. And he had promised several investors big returns in coal. Recently, some of them had confronted Mr. Price about their money.
https://meic.org/a-faked-kidnapping-and-cocaine-a-montana-mines-descent-into-chaos/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
White House aims to reflect the environment in economic data: The Biden administration has set out to measure the economic value of ecosystems, offering new statistics to weigh in policy decisions. Environmental damage is a threat to the global economy but it’s hardly counted in economic figures like the GDP. The Biden administration is unveiling an effort to give a more holistic accounting.
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1117764261/the-biden-administration-aims-to-make-nature-a-measurable-part-of-the-u-s-econom

# Environment / Climate / Global
Forests managed by Indigenous peoples in the Amazon region draw vast amounts of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but the rest of the rainforest has become a net source of the greenhouse gas, a new report has found.
New research shows that incursions by resource extractors often cause territories to emit more than they store.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16012023/rainforest-indigenous-peoples-carbon-sink/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Ag economists see several concerns for farmers in 2023: Farmers aren’t likely to enjoy a calm year according to economists from Purdue University. After a year of dealing with historic inflation rates, farmers must now be prepared for an economic downturn that could spark a recession. There’s even more uncertainty across the horizon
https://www.thecentersquare.com/

# Gov / Politics / US
Let’s Abolish Systems That Criminalize and Punish Survivors of Abuse: U.S. courts often reject domestic and sexual violence as legitimate justifications for self-defense.
https://truthout.org/articles/lets-abolish-systems-that-criminalize-and-punish-survivors-of-abuse/

# Legal / DOJ
Key dates related to the discovery of classified documents tied to President Joe Biden, based on statements from the White House, the president, his attorneys, and Attorney General Merrick Garland
https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-us-federal-bureau-of-investigation-district-columbia-barack-obama-ca0ed31590d838dcc26420f475c9196f

House Oversight zeroes in on Biden finances in wake of classified documents: In an exclusive interview with Washington Examiner… the House Oversight Committee Chairman says the “next phase” of his investigation will be into President Joe Biden’s classified documents and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ64-mvLa9Y

The Department of Justice has revealed how a search of President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, has found another six classified documents. The search was conducted in secret on Friday and lasted for more than 12 hours.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/justice-department-finds-more-classified-documents-at-joe-bidens-home

Alec Baldwin’s Case Comes Down to Two ‘Key’ Questions: State Attorney: Baldwin was hit with two counts of involuntary manslaughter on Thursday in connection with the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021 in New Mexico. Hutchins was killed on the set of the film, Rust, when a prop gun that Baldwin was using for a scene unexpectedly went off. Subsequent investigations found that the actor had been practicing movements with the prop, and that it had been loaded with a real bullet in breach of common safety protocols for film sets.
https://www.newsweek.com/alec-baldwins-case-comes-down-two-key-questions-state-attorney-1775546

What is involuntary manslaughter? A law professor explains the charge facing Alec Baldwin for ‘Rust’ shooting death: Involuntary manslaughter occurs when a person unintentionally, but still unlawfully, kills another person. And a prosecutor will need to show the unlawful nature of either Baldwin’s or Gutierrez-Reed’s actions to get a conviction in this case.
https://theconversation.com/what-is-involuntary-manslaughter-a-law-professor-explains-the-charge-facing-alec-baldwin-for-rust-shooting-death-198218

# LGBTQ / Gender
Queer and Trans Elders in Search of Safe Housing Face Barriers, Discrimination: For LGBTQ elders, finding safe and affordable housing can be a matter of life and death.
https://truthout.org/articles/queer-and-trans-elders-in-search-of-safe-housing-face-barriers-discrimination/

# Media
USPS Is Closing Over 20 Post Offices, Effective Immediately: Certain customers in different parts of the U.S. are now dealing with postal disruptions. In the latest update to its Service Alerts tool on Jan. 18, the USPS announced that several post offices are “temporarily closed” now, impacting two states: California and Nebraska.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/usps-closing-over-20-post-220130163.html

# Medical / Health
The Inevitable Prosecutions of Women Who Obtain Abortions: The attorney general of Alabama finally went where the logic of the anti-abortion movement has long pointed. The GOP has finally acted on their unspoken goal: carceral punishment for those who seek abortions.
https://prospect.org/health/2023-01-16-prosecution-women-mifepristone-abortion-alabama/

Activists Call for Mass Rallies on Sunday to Protest Abortion Bans: Nancy Davis, a survivor of Louisiana’s abortion ban, will be leading the march in Baton Rouge.
https://truthout.org/articles/activists-call-for-mass-rallies-on-sunday-to-protest-abortion-bans/

# Military / Global
Putin’s Henchmen Threaten 10,000+ Dead U.S. Troops: Russia’s top propagandists, from former President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev to state TV host Vladimir Solovyov, have been spreading the same not-so subtle nuclear threat far and wide—and yet, Putin’s mouthpieces are now worried that the “boy who cried wolf” routine is no longer being taken seriously by their target audience in the West.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/putin-henchmen-threaten-tens-thousands-035652530.html

Russian Forces Capture 2 Villages and Push Towards Orikhiv; The Russians are really coming. NWO Agents have every reason to fear and panic.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/21/russian-forces-capture-2-villages-and-push-towards-orikhiv/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-20

Voices, The Peoples News

January 20, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Texas National Guard soldier shoots migrant at border: An internal document obtained by Army Times does not indicate that the migrant was armed. It’s the first-known incident where a soldier has shot a migrant since the mission began. The injury is non-life threatening.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/19/national-guard-migrant-shot-border/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
At $31.4 trillion, the US has maxed out the amount of money it can legally borrow according to Congress. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the Treasury Department has initiated “extraordinary measures” to keep the government operational and below the borrowing cap. If the debt ceiling is not raised or suspended, it’s possible the US will be unable to pay its bills to global investors and support its social safety net programs.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/treasury-department-begins-extraordinary-measures-to-avoid-default-as-u-s-hits-debt-limit/

# Education / Schools
Homeless students in Washington state face suspension and expulsion from school at almost three times the rate of their housed peers. Homeless students in Washington face the most severe punishments from school, suspension and expulsion, at almost three times the rate of their housed peers. A child’s housing status is an even greater predictor of discipline than race.
https://publicintegrity.org/education/unhoused-and-undercounted/homeless-then-kicked-out-of-school-suspension-expulsion/

# Employment / Labor
Google Parent Alphabet Cutting 12K Jobs in Monster Layoffs: The headcount reduction is around 6 percent of the company’s workforce. The jobs cuts — the largest since the company’s founding in 1998 — will affect workers across different product areas, functions, levels and regions throughout Google parent company Alphabet.
https://www.cnet.com/news/google-cuts-12000-jobs-amid-economic-pressure/

USDA Ignores Its Own Proposed Labor Standards: The department has yet to implement a rule requiring its contractors to obey labor laws. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has yet to implement a proposed rule introduced nearly a year ago that would impose improved labor standards for department contractors. Labor and environmental groups initially celebrated the rule as a landmark reform for federal contracting but are now questioning the department’s commitment to seeing its codification.
https://prospect.org/labor/2023-01-20-usda-ignores-labor-standards-federal-contracting/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Abandoned mines could be turned into gravity ‘batteries ‘that could power the entire planet: When a mine has been exhausted of its resources, it often becomes a forgotten eyesore. But scientists now want to give them a new life as energy storage units.
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/abandoned-mines-could-be-turned-into-gravity-batteries-that-could-power-the-entire-planet/

# Environment / Climate / Global
‘Good News for Bees’ as Top EU Court Closes Pesticide Loophole: “Derogations with neonicotinoid-treated seeds are now definitely banned,” said one advocate. “This ruling is relieving and shows the environment counts more than profits from some sugar and pesticide companies!”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/eu-court-bans-bee-killing-pesticides

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Iowa Republicans Push ‘Profoundly Cruel and Petty’ Food Benefit Restrictions: Under the new legislation, Iowans would no longer be allowed to purchase fresh meat, white grains, nuts, canned fruits, American cheese, and other foods with SNAP benefits. “This bill would restrict SNAP participants’ ability to make their own food choices, take food away from Iowans, and increase hunger and food insecurity in our state,” IHC warned.
https://www.rawstory.com/iowa-republicans-push-profoundly-cruel-and-petty-food-benefit-restrictions/

# Gov / Politics / US
US has given $113B in aid to help Ukraine in its war with Russia, oversight report says
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-01-19/ukraine-funding-congress-military-russia-8822450.html

Will Biden Save Israel From Its Worst Instincts? The U.S. has only days to act before Netanyahu destroys the Israeli High Court. The short story: An ultranationalist, ultra-Orthodox government, formed after the Netanyahu camp won election by the tiniest sliver of votes (roughly 30,000 out of some 4.7 million), is driving a power grab that the other half of voters view not only as corrupt but also as threatening their own civil rights. That’s why a 5,000-person anti-government demonstration grew to 80,000 over the weekend.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/opinion/netanyahu-israel-protests.html

# Law Enforcement
How a Police Protest Launched a ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Warzone: Molotov cocktails. Threatening messages. Police raids. A dead protester. What started as BLM-style activism got way more complicated.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-police-protest-in-atlanta-over-cop-city-launched-a-domestic-terrorism-warzone

How the USA PATRIOT Act redefines ‘Domestic Terrorism’: Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. No. 107-52) expanded the definition of terrorism to cover ‘domestic’, as opposed to international, terrorism. A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act ‘dangerous to human life’ that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States
https://www.aclu.org/other/how-usa-patriot-act-redefines-domestic-terrorism

Oakland Police Chief Put on Leave Over Misconduct: A cop failed to report a hit-and-run and later fired his gun inside a building full of people. An investigation found he wasn’t properly disciplined. “This is also the first big challenge that the new Mayor Sheng Thao is facing. She barely just got sworn in and already the police chief is in trouble. It’s gonna be one of the biggest decisions she’s made is how she handles this,” says Matier.
https://abc7news.com/oakland-police-chief-leronne-armstrong-administrative-leave-misconduct-investigation/12720512/

# Legal / DOJ
Trump, Lawyer Ordered to Pay $1M in ‘Frivolous’ Clinton Suit: “This case should never have been brought,” the judge seethed in his ruling. The end of the lawsuit marks the latest legal setback for Trump as he grapples with an array of civil and criminal investigations, including the probe into his retention of sensitive documents, while some of his lawyers are under scrutiny themselves for conduct in those cases.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/20/trump-and-lawyer-ordered-to-pay-1m-for-bringing-frivolous-lawsuit-against-hillary-clinton

Young Thug Accused of Conducting Drug Deal In Court: The alleged bold move was captured on CCTV. The codefendant was later brought to a hospital as he allegedly appeared to ingest contraband in an apparent attempt to “conceal further crimes.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/young-thug-co-defendant-drug_n_63ca002de4b0c8e3fc76287c

On February 16, just 27 days from now, the state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Richard Glossip, despite overwhelming evidence that he is innocent. Glossip was sentenced to death for a murder that even prosecutors admit he wasn’t present for. No physical evidence linked Glossip to the crime. Instead, the case against him was built almost exclusively on the testimony of the admitted killer, who avoided the death penalty himself by saying the murder was all Glossip’s idea.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/richard-glossip-execution-halted-for-a-seventh-time

Judge: DeSantis Violated Florida Law but I Can’t Stop Him: A judge ruled that the Florida governor violated his own state’s constitution and a prosecutor’s free speech rights by firing him, but refused to undo the suspension. “In short, the controlling motivations for the suspension were the interest in bringing down a reform prosecutor,” the judge wrote.
https://reason.com/2023/01/20/judge-rules-desantis-violated-first-amendment-by-ousting-reform-prosecutor-but-declines-to-reinstate-him/

# Media
‘Freedom for Assange and Journalism Are at Stake’: Belmarsh Tribunal Comes to DC. “As long as the Biden administration continues to deploy tools like the Espionage Act to imprison those who dare to expose war crimes, no publisher and no journalist will be safe,” said one of the tribunal’s co-chairs.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/belmarsh-tribunal

# Medical / Health
Super Strength Gonorrhea Strain Marks Worrying First in U.S: Contact tracing is underway in one U.S. state after the strain proved resistant to at least five antibiotics. The problem with gonorrhea, authorities said, is that it can present without symptoms, leaving those infected unaware if not tested. If left untreated, it can result in pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and other health problems.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2897140493420/super-strength-gonorrhea-strain-marks-worrying-first-in-u-s

# Military / DOD
US still holds back long-range ATACMS missiles from Ukraine: “Our judgement to date is the juice isn’t really worth the squeeze,’ says top defense official
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2023/01/19/us-still-holds-back-long-range-atacms-missiles-from-ukraine/

# Other News
What is involuntary manslaughter? A law professor explains the charge facing Alec Baldwin for ‘Rust’ shooting death. To convict Alec Baldwin of manslaughter for the on-set deadly shooting of Halyna Hutchins in 2021, prosecution will need to show that the actor was either reckless or criminally negligent.
https://theconversation.com/what-is-involuntary-manslaughter-a-law-professor-explains-the-charge-facing-alec-baldwin-for-rust-shooting-death-198218

Trump Resort to Host Pro-QAnon Speaking Tour: The ReAwaken America tour is a conspiracy-laden road show hosted by Michael Flynn and Clay Clark. And it’s coming to the Trump Doral.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-resort-to-host-pro-qanon-speaking-tour-led-by-michael-flynn

Trump hosts event featuring QAnon, ‘Pizzagate’ conspiracy theorist at Mar-a-Lago: The event came two weeks after Trump had dinner with Ye and Nick Fuentes. A prominent adherent of the QAnon and “Pizzagate” conspiracy theories posed for photos with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday night after speaking at an event hosted at the club, according to photos and videos posted to social media.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-hosts-event-featuring-qanon-pizzagate-conspiracy-theorist/story?id=94701765

# Security
Scientists turn WiFi routers into ‘cameras’ that can see people through walls: With the help of AI, the researchers were able to detect the movement of human bodies in a room using Wi-Fi routers, even through walls.
https://www.zmescience.com/future/scientists-turn-wifi-routers-into-cameras-that-can-see-people-through-walls/

Grinding your teeth could be the next facial recognition-like biometric authentification: Although the development should be called grind recognition, it is being pushed as dental authentication, according to reporting by trade publisher Unite.AI.
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202204/chinese-u-s-researchers-turn-teeth-grinding-into-a-biometric-identifier

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-19

Voices, The Peoples News

January 19, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Wildlife officials bring back feeding program for Florida manatees: It’s part of an effort that started last year to stave off manatee starvation. Why it matters: About 800 manatees died in Florida in 2022, the second-deadliest year ever recorded, according to preliminary Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) data released this month. The federal wildlife agency is considering whether to reclassify the rotund West Indian manatee and subspecies, including the Florida manatee, as endangered, which environmentalists have been calling for in order to ensure more resources to help stop the die-off.
https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/01/18/florida-manatees-feeding-program-winter

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
42 Texas counties now support declaring invasion at southern border: At least 42 counties have now declared an invasion or expressed support for Texas declaring an invasion at the southern border. More are in the process of making similar declarations, according to sources who’ve spoken to The Center Square. Harrison County’s commissioners and Judge Chad Sims signed a resolution Dec. 20 expressing support for “our Texas county partners,” expressing support for border counties “experiencing local disaster situations as a result of inadequate border security.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/42-texas-counties-now-support-declaring-invasion-at-southern-border/article_bd181148-9781-11ed-9dae-a7358bfed0c5.html

GOP congressmen demand immigration parole answers: A group of Republican U.S. senators and House members want the Biden administration to explain what they called a reckless decision to expand immigration parole programs. The letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday morning says the Biden administration continues to worsen the border crisis. They also called the decision to expand the programs radical. “Since the day they took office, President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have purposefully and maliciously eroded our nation’s border security. They have presided over the worst border crisis we’ve seen in decades and more illegal immigration than any administration in recent history. Now, they aim to sidestep Congress and the law by granting parole to hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants,” said Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/gop-congressmen-demand-immigration-parole-answers/article_18e65230-974d-11ed-aa70-b7b38cfcc2fb.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Evolution of a Theory: Unredacted NIH Emails Show Efforts to Rule Out Lab Origin of Covid: Virologists close to the NIH initially believed the Covid virus could be genetically engineered. Unredacted emails show how their thinking evolved. Unredacted records obtained by The Nation and The Intercept offer detailed insights into those confidential deliberations. The documents show that in the early days of the pandemic, Fauci and Collins took part in a series of email exchanges and telephone calls in which several leading virologists expressed concern that SARS-CoV-2 looked potentially “engineered.”
https://theintercept.com/2023/01/19/covid-origin-nih-emails/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals / Global
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Lawmakers in 7 States Are Working Together to Tax the Rich: Lawmakers are introducing wealth tax proposals as federal lawmakers fail to combat wealth inequality.
https://truthout.org/articles/lawmakers-in-7-states-are-working-together-to-tax-the-rich/

Inside the Controversial Sales Practices of the Nation’s Biggest Title Lender: Former TitleMax store managers told ProPublica and The Current about how they were trained to keep customers unaware of the true costs of their title pawns. When they were more transparent, they faced repercussions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-sales-practices-of-biggest-title-lender-in-us

How Title Lending Works: Title lenders in the U.S. often use predatory practices to trap customers in high-interest loans. This guide will help you understand how title lending works and what your options are if you’re stuck in a contract.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-title-loans-work

How the Federal Reserve Protects the Top One Percent: Our central bank operates by and for the financial elite.
In short, as a first approximation, the current Fed policy of rapidly raising interest rates to fight inflation by throwing people out of work serves as a wealth protection device for the top one percent.
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-01-19-inflation-federal-reserve-protects-one-percent/#:~:text=In%20short%2C%20as%20a%20first,for%20the%20top%20one%20percent

# Education / Schools
DeSantis Makes Alarming Request for Info on Trans Students: Some fear he will attempt to defund or scale back health services offered to trans students and faculty. Officials in the far-right Republican’s office asked for data on the number of students who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria or who have received treatment in university clinics state-wide, according to a survey the universities reportedly must complete by Feb. 10.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-gov-ron-desantis-makes-alarming-request-for-info-on-trans-college-students

# Environment / Climate / Interior
New study finds ‘surprising’ warming spike atop the Greenland ice sheet: One of the planet’s refrigerators is defrosting, leading to melting events that could raise sea levels 20 inches by the end of the century.
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/01/18/new-ice-core-analysis-shows-sharp-greenland-warming-spike-2/

Revealed: More than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows: The forest carbon offsets approved by the world’s leading provider and used by Disney, Shell, Gucci and other big corporations are largely worthless and could make global heating worse, according to a new investigation.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia’s FSB Launches Espionage Case Against U.S. Citizen: The unnamed American is “suspected of collecting intelligence information.” The American is suspected of gathering data on “biological topics,” Russia’s Federal Security Service says
https://www.rt.com/russia/570115-fsb-us-citizen-espionage/

# Gov / Politics / US
George Santos Once Also Known in Brazil as a Drag Queen Named ‘Kitara’: The lawmaker’s long list of lies and his questionable campaign financing are under investigation by local, state and federal officials — while prosecutors in Brazil have reopened a fraud case against him from 2008. Santos, who is the first openly gay non-incumbent Republican elected to the House, has resisted calls to resign.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/18/george-santos-dressed-in-drag-more-than-decade-ago-in-brazil-report/

Ukraine: Is the Hammer About to Fall? The plan to engage Russia militarily is a tacit admission that the United States can no longer maintain its global dominance through economic or political means alone. After exhaustive analysis and debate, western elites have settled on a course of action aimed at dividing the world into warring blocs in order to prosecute a war on Russia and China. The ultimate strategic objective of the current policy, is to tighten the grip of western elites on the levers of global power and to prevent the dissolution of the “rules-based international order.” But after 11 months of nonstop warfare in Ukraine, the US-backed western coalition finds itself in a worse position than when it began.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/ukraine-hammer-about-fall/5805101

US Senator says training Ukrainian soldiers in Oklahoma poses risk to civilians: “We must put the people of Oklahoma first,” Dahm said. “We shouldn’t be allowing the unaccountable spending, corruption, and potential money laundering to now flow through Oklahoma with the presence of foreign troops on our land.”
https://www.weeklyblitz.net/opinion/us-senator-says-training-ukrainian-soldiers-in-oklahoma-poses-risk-to-civilians/

# Law Enforcement
Alec Baldwin Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in ‘Rust’ Shooting: The film’s first assistant director and armorer also charged in connection with death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchens
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alec-baldwin-charged-involuntary-manslaughter-rust-shooting-1234600287/

Activists Demand Independent Investigation After Cops Kill Protester in Atlanta: The protester was shot and killed on Wednesday during a chaotic raid of the “Stop Cop City” forest defense camp. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation initially said a suspect was shot and killed after allegedly firing a gun and injuring a Georgia state trooper during the raid, but fellow protesters and community activists doubt the official narrative and are calling on journalists and legal observers to investigate.
https://truthout.org/articles/activists-demand-independent-investigation-after-cops-kill-protester-in-atlanta/

Parents of Herman Whitfield III Share Bodycam Video Showing How Officers Killed Their Son: Whitfield was an award-winning African American piano virtuoso who would have turned 40 years old last October. Early on April 25 of last year, Whitfield’s parents called 911 to ask for help as their son experienced a mental health crisis. Six armed police officers responded to the call. The videos show officers failed to call an ambulance and did not bring in mental health professionals as the family requested. Instead they responded with deadly force.
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/protesters-demand-firing-officers-involved-in-death-of-herman-whitfield-iii-impd/531-e778a867-7913-407f-b7eb-42ee0cdce49c

St. Louis has a new basketball court. Its funders were raided by the FBI: In July ’22, the FBI raided the St. Louis home of Omali Yeshitela, a leader in the African People’s Socialist Party and the chairman of the Uhuru Movement
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-08-25/st-louis-has-a-new-basketball-court-its-funders-were-raided-by-the-fbi

# LGBTQ / Gender
Why Trans People in North Dakota Are Planning to Flee U.S: “Everyone is really scared right now. A lot of us are afraid of getting our rights or identities ripped away,” Zara Crystal, 20, said of the slate of anti-trans bills proposed in North Dakota this year. “I want to help as many people as I can.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-trans-bills-in-north-dakota-see-activists-create-transport-to-help-transgender-people-flee-us

Paying an Unfair Price: The Financial Penalty for Being Transgender in America paints a stark portrait of the economic insecurities that leave transgender people with high rates of unemployment and poverty. Transgender Americans face clear financial penalties simply because they are transgender and are left economically vulnerable because of two primary failures of law:
* Pervasive discrimination and a lack of legal protections
* Failure to adequately protect transgender students
https://www.lgbtmap.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/unfair-price-transgender

Legislation Affecting LGBTQ Rights Across the Country: Anti-LGBTQ Bills: Anti-Trans Bills. These measures target transgender and nonbinary people for discrimination, such as by barring or criminalizing healthcare.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in America continue to face discrimination in their daily lives. While more states every year work to pass laws to protect LGBTQ people, we continue to see state legislatures advancing bills that target transgender people, limit local protections, and allow the use of religion to discriminate.
https://www.aclu.org/legislation-affecting-lgbtq-rights-across-country-2022?redirect=legislation-affecting-lgbtq-rights-across-country

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Study: THC/CBD Combination Therapy Reduces Seizure Frequency in Children with Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy
Over 90 percent of subjects treated with the combination therapy experienced a ≥50 percent reduction in seizure frequency at six-months. Medicines were prescribed to patients by clinicians in both National Health Service and private medical practices. Follow-up calls were conducted throughout the period January 2021 to May 2021 to keep data recorded up to date.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8689159/

Case Series: Cannabis Effective at Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: Six of the seven participants reported “an improvement in symptoms” and “none of the participants reported any adverse side effects.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32351183/

# Medical / Health
Two paramedics in Illinois who strapped a Black patient facedown on a stretcher, leading to his death, have been charged with first-degree murder. An autopsy found that the patient, who was reportedly suffering from alcohol hallucinations, died from “compressional and positional asphyxia.” The Springfield branch of Black Lives Matter issued a statement calling the incident an example of the “constant bias and racism” that the Black community faces even when seeking medical treatment.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pocharaponneammanee/illionis-paramedics-earl-moore-death-murder-charges

Danger in the salon: UV nail dryers damage DNA and cause cell mutation: New study has uncovered a concerning truth about the ultraviolet (UV) light devices used to cure gel manicures.
https://www.sciencealert.com/getting-your-nails-done-frequently-could-damage-the-dna-in-your-hands

Watchdog Seeks Harsher Penalties in Wake of Abuse at Illinois Mental Health Center: The official cited investigations into a center for people with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities, where workers lied or conspired to thwart patient abuse inquiries.
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-abuse-inspector-general

# Military / DOD
Biden Administration Readies Shipments of Armored Vehicles for Ukraine: Meanwhile, the Biden administration is considering aiding Ukraine in a military campaign aimed at retaking the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has occupied since 2014, even if such a move increases the risk of escalating the war.
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/1/19/headlines/biden_administration_readies_shipments_of_armored_vehicles_for_ukraine

As he arms Ukraine, Biden readies new weapon pipelines for Eastern Europe. A new $2.2 billion military financing package will be split between Ukraine and 18 other nearby countries.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/08/after-arming-ukraine-biden-sets-sights-on-weapons-for-eastern-europe-00055555

# Military / Global
Russia’s Shadow Army Exposed and Humiliated by Bogus Recruit: The independent outlet The Insider reports that journalists got the idea to call Wagner’s hotline after the group started hanging up recruiting posters at bus stops and security companies.
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-shadow-army-exposed-humiliated-180451597.html

# Other News
A funeral home scam sold hundreds of body parts for profit. Hundreds Of Victims Of A Funeral Home Scam Are Supporting Each Other After Their Loved Ones’ Body Parts Were Sold For Profit. “I think every culture in the planet honors their dead in one way or another and with the way they treated him was not honorable at all,” Judy Cressler said.
https://sports.yahoo.com/hundreds-victims-funeral-home-scam-005022824.html

# Technology
Repurposing wind power: How out-of-service wind turbines are giving new life to children’s playgrounds: Old turbine blades cannot be recycled for energy production but they can be reused for fun and aesthetics.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/repurposing-wind-power-how-out-of-service-wind-turbines-are-giving-new-life-to-childrens-playgrounds/

# Water
Arizona town cut off from water using rain to flush toilets: Rio Verde was cut off from its water supplies on 1 January by the nearby city of Scottsdale. The controversial move left hundreds without access to running water, prompting residents to file a lawsuit demanding that services be restored. Scottsdale argues that it bears no responsibility for Rio Verde.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/arizona-town-cut-off-water-184147326.html

Rain Barrels and Other Water Conservation Tools: Rain barrels are a great way to conserve water and reduce storm water runoff. Use the collected water for household chores.
https://www.mass.gov/guides/rain-barrels-and-other-water-conservation-tools

The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting: Rainwater is valued for its purity and softness. It has a nearly neutral pH, and is free from disinfection by-products, salts, minerals, and other natural and man-made contaminants.
https://www.twdb.texas.gov/innovativewater/rainwater/doc/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf

World’s First Major City Will Run Out of Water in 90 Days: At present, Cape Town has less than 90 days of water left in its storage … no watering of gardens and not flushing toilets unless absolutely essential.
https://theculturetrip.com/africa/south-africa/articles/worlds-first-major-city-will-run-out-of-water-in-90-days/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-18

Voices, The Peoples News

January 18, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains: The remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans are held by prestigious U.S. institutions, despite a 1990 law meant to return them to tribal nations. Here’s how the ancestors were stolen, and how tribes are working to get them back.
https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-human-remains#:~:text=As%20of%20last%20month%2C%20about,Native%20Americans%20in%20their%20collections

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals / Global
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Biden, House GOP Refuse to Budge as Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms: While Treasury can employ extraordinary measures to keep making payments for the next few months, it’s a bad sign for how messy the standoff will grow. The Biden administration and House Republicans are heading toward an initial Thursday debt ceiling deadline without even a hint of an endgame, ensuring a months-long standoff that’s poised to rattle financial markets amid worries about a recession this year.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/17/biden-house-republicans-debt-ceiling-00078166

200+ Millionaires to World Leaders at Davos: ‘Tax the Ultra-Rich and Do It Now’: “Until Davos attendees start talking about taxing the rich, the entire gathering will remain a very public example of how out of touch they really are.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-the-rich-davos

White House: GOP supports the ‘ruin of millions of American livelihoods’ on debt ceiling
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/andy-biggs-debt-ceiling

# Education / Schools
Florida Gov. DeSantis leads the GOP’s national charge against public education that includes lessons on race and sexual orientation. A judge asked Ryan Newman to define “woke.” Newman answered that “woke” is “the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.” Newman added that DeSantis does not believe systemic injustices exist in the United States.
https://theconversation.com/florida-gov-desantis-leads-the-gops-national-charge-against-public-education-that-includes-lessons-on-race-and-sexual-orientation-196369

Dad Pulls His Biracial Daughter Out Of School After Classmate And Her Teacher Cut Her Hair: A Michigan father is outraged at the liberties taken with his child while she was at school. “I still want to know what justifies a teacher cutting a child’s hair without their parents’ permission? Any of this could have been resolved with a phone call,” Hoffmeyer added. “She doesn’t understand what’s wrong with her hair.”
https://people.com/human-interest/dad-transfers-biracial-daughter-to-new-school-after-classmate-and-school-employee-cut-her-hair/

# Employment / Labor
Sanders Calls on Starbucks CEO to End ‘Concerted and Relentless’ Union-Busting Campaign; “Mr. Schultz, my request to you is simple: Obey the law,” the Vermont senator wrote in a letter to Howard Schultz.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-starbucks-union-busting

Microsoft Joins Tech Layoff Circus: The company said it plans to hire “in strategic areas,” focusing on artificial intelligence. Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, as it joins other tech companies in a scaling back of their pandemic-era expansions. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the layoffs were a response to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2023-01-18/job-cuts-in-tech-sector-spread-microsoft-lays-off-10-000

When Global Trade Bureaucrats Earn Our Contempt: A panel ruling undermines the USMCA agreement on North American content. Biden should ignore it. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was a deal between congressional Democrats and Trump administration to improve the NAFTA in multiple respects. The goal was to ensure that more jobs would actually be created in the U.S.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-01-18-global-trade-bureaucrats-usmca/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
New Mexico’s new pollution rules leave oil and gas operators to police themselves. Lack of enforcement allows industry to keep emitting greenhouse gases, evidence shows.
https://sourcenm.com/2022/12/05/oil-and-gas-operator-pays-millions-for-clean-air-act-violations/

‘This Insanity Belongs in Science Fiction’: At Davos, UN Chief Rips Fossil Fuel Expansion: “Fossil fuel producers and their enablers are still racing to expand production, knowing full well that their business model is inconsistent with human survival,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-chief-fossil-fuel-expansion

# Environment / Climate / Interior
How far can $25 million go to relocate a community that’s disappearing into Alaska’s melting permafrost?
A recent Interior Department grant aims to help residents in Newtok move to higher ground, but it’s just a sliver of what’s needed. Nearly 200 people live in Newtok today, but the vast majority of them know they’re unlikely to stay here safely for much longer.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/north-climate-change-how-far-can-25-million-go-to-relocate-a-community-thats-disappearing-into-alaskas-melting-permafrost

# General Information / Other News
DOJ Decided Not to Send FBI to Biden Docs Search: Instead, the president’s attorneys looked for the records themselves.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/17/doj-declined-to-have-fbi-agents-monitor-joe-biden-document-search/

# Gov / Politics / US
US military spending in Ukraine reached nearly $50 billion in 2022, but no amount of money alone is enough to end the war: The US is giving record-high amounts of money to Ukraine, signaling it is invested in this war for the long run, a political science scholar explains 3 important things to know.
https://theconversation.com/us-military-spending-in-ukraine-reached-nearly-50-billion-in-2022-but-no-amount-of-money-alone-is-enough-to-end-the-war-197492

House GOP Lays Groundwork for Mayorkas Impeachment: “Senior House Republicans are moving swiftly to build a case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as they strongly weigh launching rare impeachment proceedings against a Cabinet secretary, a plan that could generate sharp backlash from GOP moderates.”
https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/17/house-gop-lays-groundwork-to-impeach-mayorkas/

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Tuesday that he wants to permanently ban numerous safety measures meant to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, including mask and vaccine mandates. “When the world lost its mind, Florida was a refuge of sanity, serving strongly as freedom’s linchpin,” he said at a press conference
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-desantis-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-ban_n_63c80785e4b04d4d18dba97f?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-politics_2023-01-18&utm_term=us-politics

# Law Enforcement
A Sheriff in Louisiana Has Been Destroying Records of Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct for Years: A lawsuit brought by the family of an autistic teen who died while in custody found the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office destroyed the disciplinary records of a deputy involved in the case.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-parish-sheriff-misconduct-records-allegations-jpso
See also: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/17/louisiana-sheriffs-office-illegally-destroyed-misconduct-records-for-more-than-a-decade/

The family of a young Black man who died in the custody of Memphis, Tennessee, police is outraged and looking for answers, starting with the release of body camera footage that may help explain what happened to 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a routine traffic stop this month.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-arrest-fatal_n_63c72036e4b07c0c7df88e8a

Disturbing Video Shows Ohio Cop Repeatedly Punch Black Woman: Ohio’s Butler Township Police Department said it’s now investigating the alarming footage. In the clip, two police officers can be seen standing in front of their police cruiser in a parking lot while moving to restrain the woman.
https://news.yahoo.com/disturbing-video-shows-ohio-cop-173137742.html
Video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=691942075763580&extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=2Rb1fB&ref=sharing

# Legal / DOJ
U.S. Won’t Seek Death Penalty for Walmart Massacre Gunman: Federal prosecutors have not petitioned for the death penalty in a new case since the appointment of Attorney General Merrick Garland. Dallas-area native is charged with hate crimes and capital murder for killing 23 people in a racist shooting in El Paso in 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/18/prosecutors-wont-seek-death-penalty-texas-walmart-shooter

# Media
Minority-Owned Broadcast Deal Experiences Perplexing Delays at FCC: Foot-dragging by a federal agency over a deal that would create the largest minority-owned and female-led broadcast station group in U.S. history is raising questions about the Biden administration’s motives.
https://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/201723-minority-ownership-at-stake-with-fcc-rule-change/

# Medical / Health
Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google: Some sites selling abortion pills use technology that shares information with third parties like Google. Law enforcement can potentially use this data to prosecute people who end their pregnancies with medication. Using a tool created by the Markup, a nonprofit tech-journalism newsroom, ProPublica ran checks on 11 online pharmacies that sell abortion medication to reveal the web tracking technology they use. Late last year and in early January, ProPublica found web trackers on the sites of at least nine online pharmacies that provide pills by mail: Abortion Ease, BestAbortionPill.com, PrivacyPillRX, PillsOnlineRX, Secure Abortion Pills, AbortionRx, Generic Abortion Pills, Abortion Privacy and Online Abortion Pill Rx.
https://www.propublica.org/article/websites-selling-abortion-pills-share-sensitive-data-with-google#:~:text=Post%2DRoe%20America&text=Online%20pharmacies%20that%20sell%20abortion,a%20ProPublica%20analysis%20has%20found.

# Medical Science
Experimental HIV vaccine regimen safe but ineffective, study finds: The clinical trial began in 2019 and involved 3,900 volunteers ages 18 to 60 years in Europe, North America and South America. Based on the DSMB’s recommendation, the study will be discontinued.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/experimental-hiv-vaccine-regimen-safe-ineffective-study-finds

# Military / DOD
US, Ukraine top military chiefs meet in person for first time: Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met Tuesday with Ukraine’s chief military officer at an undisclosed location in Poland.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-nato-politics-government-united-states-56bf9dc96a24f62c91903c8861ae7af7

U.S. Begins Training Ukrainian Troops at Fort Sill in Oklahoma: Ukrainian troops have arrived at Fort Sill, Okla., and started training on the Patriot missile system, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3816973-ukrainian-troops-begin-patriot-missile-training-at-oklahoma-army-base/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-17

Voices, The Peoples News

January 17, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Children / Youth
A 12-year-old girl in Argentina died this week after attempting the deadly “choking challenge,”also known as the “blackout challenge,” this dangerous stunt encourages internet clout-seekers to asphyxiate themselves until passing out was first popularized on TikTok. Milagros Soto had been discovered dead in her home after allegedly participating in the viral “choking challenge” — one of several fatal fads to circulate on TikTok. The little girl was found hanging from a makeshift noose, local outlet El Litoral reported.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/17/12-year-old-girl-dies-in-sick-tiktok-choking-challenge/

11-Year-Old’s Scalp Ripped Off in Horrific Pit Bull Mauling: Justin Gilstrap is recovering and in good spirits after undergoing several surgeries. Justin Gilstrap has been left with horrific life-changing injuries after he was mauled by a group of three vicious pit bulls while cycling through his neighbourhood
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/boy-11-dragged-bike-scalp-28957131

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
White House Warns GOP Not to Tie Debt Ceiling to Social Security Cuts: “In exchange for not crashing the United States economy, you get nothing,” one Democrat said. “You don’t get a cookie.” It’s not that the White House will be hard on Republicans at the negotiating table, she said — rather, there will not be any negotiations to begin with. “We will not be doing any negotiation over the debt ceiling,” Jean-Pierre said.
https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-warns-gop-not-to-tie-debt-ceiling-to-social-security-cuts/

# Education / Schools
Texas Supreme Court clears way for state’s education agency to take over Houston ISD: State-appointed managers can replace elected school board members in the largest district in Texas, according to a decision released by the state’s Supreme Court Friday morning. Justices overruled an appellate court’s decision that had blocked TEA from taking over the district. The case isn’t over, though. A lower court will hear further arguments.
https://www.tpr.org/education/2023-01-14/supreme-court-of-texas-allows-texas-education-agency-to-take-over-houston-isd

Students Need Emotional and Community Support, Not Cops in Schools: Some schools that removed police on campus following the 2020 uprisings are now asking for them to be reinstated.
https://truthout.org/articles/students-need-emotional-and-community-support-not-cops-in-schools/

# Employment / Labor
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Plans for deep seabed mining pit renewable energy demand against ocean life in a largely unexplored frontier. As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That’s leading mining companies to take a closer look at a largely unexplored frontier – the deep ocean seabed.
https://theconversation.com/plans-for-deep-seabed-mining-pit-renewable-energy-demand-against-ocean-life-in-a-largely-unexplored-frontier-193273

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Environmental scientists say a newly discovered whale species in the Gulf of Mexico, Rice’s whale, faces extinction unless the federal government sets tougher restrictions on oil and gas activities. The Gulf of Mexico whales have also been sighted near Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The whale is one of the rarest on the planet, scientists say, and only about 50 are believed to exist. The discovery underscores how much we still need to learn about our oceans and puts a focus on how we need to vigilantly protect what’s living in our waters before species dwindle and disappear.
https://earthjustice.org/from-the-experts/2021-december/new-whale-rices-gulf-biodiversity

# General Information / Other News
Public libraries continue to thrive despite defunding and privatization attacks: Efforts by governments and cities across the nation to defund the public library indicate a misunderstanding of the essential role that libraries play. Public education, for example, has been increasingly privatized by way of racist school voucher programs, and the expansion of for-profit charter schools and for-profit education management organizations (EMOs).
https://www.alternet.org/public-libraries-continue-to-thrive/

Justice Department and Congress Face New Calls to Probe Trump’s Financial Ties to Saudi Arabia: The DOJ must investigate negotiations between Trump and Saudi Arabia while Trump was in power, says Sarah Leah Whitson. LIV has paid millions to golf resorts owned by Donald Trump, who has publicly supported the new league which is attempting to compete with the PGA. Meanwhile, an exposé has revealed that the Saudi government infiltrated Wikipedia to control information on the kingdom.
https://truthout.org/video/doj-and-congress-face-news-calls-to-probe-trumps-financial-ties-to-saudi-arabia/

# Gov / Politics / Global
As Andrew Tate remains in custody, Romanian authorities have seized $3.9 million in luxury cars, watches, and other assets from his compound. Tate was arrested on Dec. 29 along with his brother, Tristan Tate, and two Romanian women in connection with an organized crime, human trafficking, and rape investigation.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pocharaponneammanee/andrew-tate-cars-seized-romania

Putin: I Could Never Have Foreseen All the Crises I Created: The Russian president claims the country’s setbacks in 2022 “arose largely unexpectedly.” Vladimir Putin appears to be playing dumb to avoid taking the blame for mounting fallout over his war against Ukraine. The Russian leader stated the obvious and admitted that 2022 had been a “difficult” year for the country.
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-could-never-foreseen-2022-161907602.html

# Gov / Politics / US
The Week Everything Changed for the Biden White House: President Joe Biden began the new year with the political winds at his back. Amid the chaos of a fractured Republican majority trying to elect a House speaker, his administration was making a major public effort to show how the laws bolstering his ambitious policy priorities were showing tangible results.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/politics/biden-white-house-classified-documents-week/index.html

‘The most important election nobody’s ever heard of’: There are significant policy outcomes hanging on the result. The court chose the state’s political maps for the decade after the Democratic governor and Republican Legislature deadlocked, and it’s likely to hear a case challenging Wisconsin’s 19th-century law banning almost all abortions in the near future.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/16/wisconsin-state-supreme-court-race-abortion-00077958

‘Game on’ as attorneys challenge Illinois’ gun ban with more lawsuits expected: Last week, on the final day of the 102nd General Assembly, the legislature and Gov. J.B. Pritzker approved a ban on certain semi-automatic firearms. No future sales are allowed. Guns already in possession must be registered with Illinois State Police by Jan. 1, 2024. Non compliance can bring a Class 2 felony. Magazines of more than 10 rounds for rifles and 15 rounds for handguns also are banned. Possession could be a petty offense and a fine of $1,000 for each violation.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/game-on-as-attorneys-challenge-illinois-gun-ban-with-more-lawsuits-expected/article_1e2fff76-96a7-11ed-9a6c-ef7472908240.html

Santos to Be Rewarded for His Lies With Committee Spots: “He’ll get seated on committees,” McCarthy said Tuesday. McCarthy moves past GOP gripes to give New York freshman spots. Some New York Republicans have called for Santos’ resignation. The freshman congressman admitted to embellishing some details, but has said he has no plans to step down from Congress despite several calls for his resignation — including some from within the GOP.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3816427-mccarthy-says-santos-will-be-seated-on-committees/

Booted GOP Reps. Gosar, MTG Snag New Committee Assignments: Gosar was given a seat on the House Committee on Natural Resources, while Greene now has a seat on the House Homeland Security Committee.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-paul-gosar-committee-assignments/index.html

# Law Enforcement
In Largest Case Prosecuted in U.S. Focusing on White Supremacist Prison Gang Members, Swift Justice Leads to Conviction of 89 Members/Associates of Aryan Brotherhood of Texas and Aryan Circle: Investigation Targeted White Supremacists With Long and Violent Criminal Histories Who Were Selling Illegal Drugs in North Texas Communities
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/largest-case-prosecuted-us-focusing-white-supremacist-prison-gang-members-swift-justice

In county jails, guards use pepper spray and stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis: Nearly 1 in 3 “use of force” incidents involved a person who was having a mental health crisis or who had a known mental illness. Guards used aggressive, and distressing, weapons like stun guns and pepper spray to control and subdue such prisoners, despite the fact that their severe psychiatric conditions meant they may have been unable to follow orders, or even understand what was going on.
https://khn.org/news/article/in-pa-county-jails-guards-use-pepper-spray-and-stun-guns-to-subdue-people-in-mental-crisis/

# Legal / DOJ
Donald Trump ‘Caught in Repeated Lies’ During Deposition—Attorney: Donald Trump may have severely damaged his case in the defamation lawsuit brought against him by a woman who accused him of rape by expressing “repeated lies” during his deposition, according to an attorney.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rape-deposition-lies-katie-phang-1774268

# Medical / Health
Microplastics can cross placenta into unborn babies, study shows: Microplastics have been found to cross the placenta into unborn babies, a shocking study reveals. Scientists warn it is impossible to stop children ingesting the tiny plastic particles as well as even smaller nanoplastics, which can be found almost everywhere.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220927/Spectroscopy-reveals-a-high-abundance-of-microplastics-in-human-placenta.aspx

# Medical Technology
A woman receives the first-ever successful transplant of a living, 3D-printed ear: Replacement body parts may be much closer to reality than we dare believe.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/first-3d-printed-ear-own-cells-264243/

Super-tough hydrogel could be the knee replacement material of the future: The material could dramatically lower the frequency with which such implants wear out and have to be replaced.
https://newatlas.com/medical/hydrogel-outperforms-natural-cartilage/

# Military / Global
Russia launched one of the deadliest civilian attacks of the war so far in southeastern Ukraine on Saturday. 44 people were killed, including five children, and 79 were injured, AP reports. The missile strike devastated an apartment building in Dnipro, and authorities said that at least 400 people have lost their homes.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-01-17/ukraine-ends-search-for-survivors-in-dnipro-death-toll-hits-44

# Technology
Facebook Wanted Out of Politics. It Was Messier Than Anyone Expected: Hitting mute button on political content recommendations brought unintended consequences, documents show.
https://www.nationandstate.com/2023/01/16/facebook-wanted-out-of-politics-it-was-messier-than-anyone-expected/

# Water
A new bipartisan group of lawmakers has formed to highlight Texas’ increasingly fragile water infrastructure during this legislative session. Thirty-eight legislators from the Texas House plan to prioritize educating fellow state lawmakers about water security issues after more than 3,000 boil-water notices were issued across the state last year.
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/new-bipartisan-group-texas-lawmakers-wants-highlight-states-fragile-water-infrastructure

Scottsdale cuts off Rio Verde Foothills water supply amid drought: Some living here amid the cactus and creosote bushes see themselves as the first domino to fall as the Colorado River tips further into crisis.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/arizona-suburb-struggling-scottsdale-cut-061037085.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-16

Voices, The Peoples News

January 16, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
CDC identifies potential side effects in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine: Stroke concern identified in people ages 65 and older who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced that the data it had collected merited an investigation into potential stroke risks for recipients for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/cdc-identifies-potential-side-effects-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine

‘We need an independent public inquiry’ as excess deaths average more than 1000 a week: There is data emerging across the world now which is showing a link between the [COVID] vaccines, particularly the mRNA vaccines, and heart issues.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/01/we-need-an-independent-public-inquiry-as-excess-deaths-average-more-than-1000-a-week-james-wells/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Why Michigan is trying to shut down Canada’s Enbridge Line 5 pipeline: An ageing pipeline is at the centre of a heated debate about environmental and energy concerns. The agreement was meant to end uncertainty about the controversial 69-year-old oil and natural gas pipeline’s safety.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/why-michigan-trying-shut-down-011625007.html

Ignore the buzz, here’s why Enbridge Line 5 won’t likely close anytime soon. Even if a judge sides with Michigan and orders the pipeline closed, it’s far from clear that it would trigger an immediate shutdown. Barring a dramatic change, Line 5 will keep pumping oil through the winter while judges, diplomats and regulators fight over how quickly the aging pipes must vacate the Straits, and whether Enbridge should build a tunnel to replace them.
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/11/enbridge-line-5-wont-close/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Surprise magma chamber growing under Mediterranean volcano: Using a novel imaging technique for volcanoes that produces high-resolution pictures of seismic wave properties, a new study reveals a large, previously undetected body of mobile magma underneath Kolumbo, an active submarine volcano near Santorini, Greece. The presence of the magma chamber increases the chances of a future eruption, prompting the researchers to recommend real-time hazard monitoring stations near other active submarine volcanoes to improve estimations of when an eruption might be likely to occur.
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-magma-chamber-mediterranean-volcano.html

A year on, we now know why the Tongan eruption was so violent. It’s a wake-up call to watch other submarine volcanoes
The Kingdom of Tonga exploded into global news on January 15 last year with one of the most spectacular and violent volcanic eruptions ever seen.
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-year-tongan-eruption-violent-wake-up.html

# Environment / Climate / Global
‘Death by a thousand clearcuts’: Canada’s deep-snow caribou are vanishing: The B.C. government spends millions on wolf culls and maternity pens, to support these mountain-loving herds. The first thing to know about Deep-Snow Mountain Caribou is that they live in the mountains of southeastern British Columbia and nowhere else. The second thing to know is that they’re currently headed for extinction. Of 18 herds that existed in 2005, seven herds have disappeared and only six are still viable.
https://1000clearcuts.ca/

Ecuador moves to expand drilling in the Amazon: A novel idea to leave the country’s vast oil reserves in the ground fizzled for lack of international support. Extraction of 3,600 barrels per day started in the Ishpingo oil field which together with the nearby fields of Tiputini and Tambococha form the so-called ITT block, which holds more than 40 percent of the South American country’s proven crude reserves.
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-ecuador-oil-amazon-reserve.html

# General Information / Other News
Feds Try to Seize Money, Property from Church Accused of Multimillion-Dollar Scheme Targeting Vets: Military.com was first to detail the complex alleged scheme that reportedly went on for nearly 20 years, pushing troops and veterans to relinquish their military paychecks and disability pay and use their Department of Veterans Affairs-backed home loans to drive revenue for the church. Former members say that much of that cash ended up supporting a lavish lifestyle for the church’s leader, Rony Denis.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/feds-try-seize-money-property-194306792.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
The Traitorous Spooks Helping Putin Crush Their Own People: Vladimir Putin orders Russian forces to step up efforts to detect ‘spies.’ Putin’s speech was reportedly poorly received by members of Russia’s security services, according to a post on the Yellow Folder Telegram channel, which is said to be run by former Russian spooks.
“The congratulatory message was interpreted as a reprimand directed at security agencies for their insufficiency effective work,” the post alleged.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/20/angry-putin-orders-security-forces-to-crack-down-on-traitors/

Ukraine building suffers deadliest civilian attack in months: Emergency crews worked through the frigid night at the wrecked multi-story residential building, the site of the worst casualties from a widespread Russian barrage Saturday.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9412400/ukraine-building-civilian-attack-russian-strike/#:~:text=WATCH%3A%20As%20the%20war%20in,killing%20at%20least%2029%20people.

# Gov / Politics / US
America has arrived at a crossroads of history; will it take the RIGHT road? The judges of human history are waiting at the crossroads, waiting for the USA to choose the direction it will take.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/01/16/america-has-arrived-at-a-crossroads-of-history-will-it-take-the-right-road/

# Legal / DOJ
House GOP demands visitor logs in Biden classified docs case in the wake of more records found at his Delaware residence. Comer, R-Ky., said he wants to see all documents and communications related to the searches by the Biden team, as well as visitor logs of the president’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, from Jan. 20, 2021, to present. He said the aim is to determine who might have had access to classified material and how the records got there.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-government-delaware-915efbeb28a51ad9b5e9eac3fa81eb95

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
First cannabis bill introduced in new Congress: Congressional Democrats are already moving ahead with plans to consider broad changes to federal marijuana laws in 2019.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2019/02/06/the-first-marijuana-hearing-of-the-new-congress-has-been-scheduled/?sh=1e07fbc51287

# Medical / Health
The Inevitable Prosecutions of Women Who Obtain Abortions. The attorney general of Alabama finally went where the logic of the anti-abortion movement has long pointed
https://prospect.org/health/2023-01-16-prosecution-women-mifepristone-abortion-alabama/

# Military / DOD
Pentagon Announces Ukrainian Troops Will Train in Oklahoma: Shortly after the U.S. announced it will send a Patriot air defense system and more weapons to Ukraine, a Pentagon spokesperson has now announced a group of Ukrainian soldiers will come to the United States to train on a Patriot system so they’ll be ready when their own system arrives.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3807057-u-s-military-to-train-ukrainians-on-patriot-missile-system-in-oklahoma-reports/

# Military / Global
Sixth generation Russian drone shocked the world: We all know that Russia is ahead of the curve.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/15/sixth-generation-russian-drone-shocked-the-world/

# Pharmas / Drugs
DeSantis Moves to Lower Prescription Drug Prices, Regulate ‘Middlemen’: In a bid to bring down prescription drug prices in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis, on Jan. 12, announced initiatives aimed at manufacturers and ph-rma benefit managers (PBMs), the companies that act as middlemen in the process. The announcement came amid a series of efforts in Florida and nationally that supporters say will lower prescription drug prices.
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-targets-prescription-drug-middlemen-33328155

# Science
Using cancer cells to kill tumors? Cell therapy engineered to eliminate and prevent brain cancer in advanced mouse model. From the lab of Khalid Shah, Harvard-affiliated BWH investigators have developed a new cell therapy approach to eliminate established tumors and induce long-term immunity, training the immune system so that it can prevent cancer from recurring.
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/01/13/using-cancer-cells-to-cure-cancer-cell-therapy-engineered-to-kill-and-prevent-brain-cancer-in-advanced-mouse-model/

# Social
Illicit Trade Networks Feed Human Trafficking, Officials Say: The COVID-inspired surge in illicit trade, fake pharma, counterfeit products, and stolen goods, has also led to an increase in the underground network’s most insidious profit center: Human trafficking.
https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2023/01/16/illicit-trade-networks-feed-human-trafficking-officials-sa-inside-sources/

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
Tennessee Congressman Alleges ‘Huge’ UFO Cover-Up in U.S. Government: The report acknowledged a total of 510 UAP sightings, according to the 2022 report, with the overall reported sightings since the previous year’s report jumping by 366. This includes both sightings reported since the 2021 report was published and a further 119 sightings “either discovered or reported late,” but still within the previous report’s timeframe.
https://www.newsweek.com/tennessee-congressman-ufo-coverup-government-tim-burchett-1774007

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-14

Voices, The Peoples News

January 14, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral,
begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing
evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar,
but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through
violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In
fact, violence merely increases hate. Darkness cannot drive out
darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.”

– Martin Luther King Jr., quote from his 1967 book
Where Do We Go From Here?
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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
XBB.1.5 spreading rapidly through the US: Why the coronavirus continues to confound scientists and public health officials
https://www.acsh.org/news/2023/01/10/xbb15-spreading-rapidly-through-us-why-coronavirus-continues-confound-scientists-and-public-health-16794

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals / Global
Germany orders Russian Holocaust Survivor Institutionalized because she Refused the Covid-19 shot: Soviet-born composer Inna Zhvanetskaya is reportedly in hiding from German authorities after they attempted to have the 85-year-old committed to a mental institution and inoculated against her will with a Covid-19 shot. As a child, she survived the nazi holocaust.
https://www.rt.com/news/569879-germany-institutionalizes-holocaust-survivor-vaccine/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Why America has a debt ceiling: 5 questions answered: Treasury Secretary Yellen announced the US will hit its $31 trillion debt ceiling on Jan. 19. Economists and markets are worried Congress won’t act in time, which could trigger a financial crisis. Republicans and Democrats are preparing to play chicken over the U.S. debt ceiling, with the nation’s financial stability at stake.
https://thecurrentga.org/2023/01/13/why-america-has-a-debt-ceiling-5-questions-answered/

House GOP Says Pentagon Budget Is Safe, But Social Security and Medicare Aren’t: “House Republicans are openly plotting to hold the full faith and credit of the United States hostage—threatening to blow up our entire economy, because they want to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare,” said one House Democrat.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-pentagon-social-security-medicare

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Critic of fossil fuels to lead key off-shore oil agency for Biden: “The administration plans to name Elizabeth Klein the new director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which also oversees offshore-wind development”.
“The Biden administration is using a new opening at a powerful offshore energy agency to elevate a critic of fossil fuels who previously was blocked from a top Interior Department job because of opposition from oil industry allies in the Senate.
https://www.sej.org/headlines/critic-fossil-fuels-lead-key-offshore-oil-agency-biden

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Craig Pittman: Touting his environmental ‘success,’ DeSantis is more con man than conservationist: Pollution woes continue despite his attempts to paint a happy picture. He really puts the ‘artist’ in the term ‘con artist.’ And I say that in all admiration!
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/580825-touting-his-environmental-success-desantis-is-more-con-man-than-conservationist/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Unlike most of the rest of the world, the European Union uses 30-year old ‘precautionary principle’ to regulate GMOs and gene editing, effectively banning them. Here is a primer
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/01/13/unlike-most-of-the-rest-of-the-world-the-european-union-uses-the-30-year-old-precautionary-principle-to-regulate-gmos-and-gene-editing-effectively-banning-them-here-is-a-primer/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia sets ultimatum to formally pull 3rd country into war: A Kremlin official has announced conditions that would plunge Russia’s closest ally into all-out warfare. Russia’s ally, Belarus, could formally join the war in Ukraine if Moscow concludes that Ukraine has “used force” against either Russia or Belarus, a senior Russian foreign ministry official warned Friday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-sets-ultimatum-for-top-ally-belarus-to-formally-join-vladimir-putins-war-in-ukraine

The Militarization of Mexico: Militarization, now institutionalized in the Constitution and in practice, extended for the next six years and quite possibly forever, is not just the latest bone of contention between political parties. It is an issue that has profound implications for Mexican society, democracy, security, gender equality and human rights.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/13/the-militarization-of-mexico/

Why 2023 Could Be a Dramatic Year for Russia: The resolution of three internal questions could shape the country’s development for decades to come.
https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/88753

# Gov / Politics / US
The Epic Arsenal of Western Guns Coming for Putin This Year: Russia, it seems, may soon be in for a knock-out blow, courtesy of Ukraine’s friends in the U.S. and Europe.
https://news.yahoo.com/epic-arsenal-western-guns-coming-010759481.html

Why New Nebraska Senator’s China Ties Are Causing Concern: Newly-minted Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts is headed for Washington, D.C., and straying toward a minefield of potential conflicts of interest, experts warn, thanks to his business entanglements with foreign governments.
https://upstract.com/x/34de184390e77909

# Legal / DOJ
Trump Companies Fined $1.6 Million for Tax Fraud Scheme: Donald Trump’s eponymous company the Trump Organization was already found guilty of illegally avoiding taxes. Now it has to pay up. Donald Trump’s company was fined $1.6 million Friday for a scheme in which the former president’s top executives dodged personal income taxes on lavish job perks, a symbolic, hardly crippling blow for an enterprise boasting billions of dollars in assets.
https://apnews.com/article/politics-legal-proceedings-new-york-city-donald-trump-manhattan-e2f1d01525dafb64be8738c8b4f32085

Biden Admin’s Best Defense May Be a Good Special Counsel: It may seem counterintuitive, but Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision will only serve to frustrate Republican efforts to weaponize Congressional oversight hearings.
https://news.yahoo.com/special-counsel-may-end-protecting-004442146.html

An AI Lawyer Is About to Defend a Human in a U.S. Courtroom: In February, an AI from DoNotPay is set to tell a defendant exactly what to say and when during an entire court case. It is likely to be the first ever case defended by an artificial intelligence
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351893-ai-legal-assistant-will-help-defendant-fight-a-speeding-case-in-court/

# Medical / Health
NIH spends millions on equity, LGBT issues instead of researching cures: Congress’ recent $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill increased the budget for medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health to nearly $50 billion in 2023 alone. A closer look at the agency reveals that NIH is increasingly spending its time, and funds, on equity and LGBT issues as well as “systemic racism and inequities.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/nih-spends-millions-on-equity-lgbt-issues-instead-of-researching-cures/article_7f169ef6-91db-11ed-8832-93d0829883ef.html

Here is the Truth: Medicare Advantage Is Neither Medicare Nor an Advantage: Medicare Advantage is a money-making scam. I should know. I helped to sell it.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-pentagon-social-security-medicare

Profits or patients? The choice should be clear: As the largest hospital system in America, with nearly $60 billion in annual revenue and 180+ hospitals across the country, you’d think HCA Healthcare would know what they’re doing, right? You’d think staffing would be adequate, workers properly trained and paid, and patient safety would be put first? A union study found HCA’s staffing levels were below the average for other hospitals in 19 of the 20 states where it provided care in 2020.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/workers-us-hospital-giant-hca-say-puts-profits-patient-care-rcna64122

# Military / Global
Zelensky: Ukraine takes threat of possible Russian chemical weapon use ‘very seriously’: Officials in his nation are closely watching the potential threat of chemical weapons use by Russia. “One of the Russian occupiers’ speakers said that they might use chemical weapons against our defenders in Mariupol,” Zelensky said.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3264652-zelensky-ukraine-takes-threat-of-possible-russian-chemical-weapon-use-very-seriously/

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